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Rosa Parks

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosa Parks was born in...

a)

Detroit

b)

Utah

c)

Michigan

d)

Alabama

2.

She is best known for the Montgomery bus boycott on...

a)

December 1st 1965

b)

December 1st 1955

c)

December 1st 1975

d)

December 1st 1945

3.

The bus driver asked to stand up because...

a)

she was black, the bus was full and a white man got on the bus.

b)

the bus was full and and old lady got on the bus.

c)

She was black and a handicapped man had to sit.

d)

She had to give her seat to an old man.

4.

Rosa Parks

a)

stood up

b)

didn't understand what the bus driver was saying

c)

Refused to stand up.

d)

couldn't stand up

5.

Did she move when the bus driver told her he was going to call the police?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

Rosa was accused of...

a)

organising a revolution

b)

disobedience

c)

breaking the segregation law

d)

stealing the man next to her

7.

She refused to pay the fine because she said...

a)

She had no money.

b)

That law was nonsense.

c)

That law was not for black people.

d)

that law was illegal.

8.

Did she appeal to a higher court?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

Several African-American leaders got together and decided...

a)

to pay Rosa's fine.

b)

to stop the city buses

c)

to do several demonstrations

d)

boycott the city buses.

10.

____________________helped to lead the boycott.

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Thomas Sankara

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Haile Selassie

11.

After the Boycott many of the civil rights leaders were

______________and she moved to Detroit.

a)

bombed

b)

arrested

c)

detained

d)

warned

12.

Did she continue to attend civil rights meetings after the boycott?

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Rosa Parks was and still is a symbol of...

a)

freedom and peace.

b)

equality and peace.

c)

freedom and equality.

d)

equality and peace.

14.

Rosa was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal as well as the Presidential Medal of...

a)

freedom

b)

peace

c)

human rights

d)

civil rights